Attachment for penholders



H. W. EARP-THOMAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR PENHOLDERS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.|2I. 1949.

r 1,360,380. Patented Nov. 30,1920.

[iv VEATOR fienry/KA'wp-Thomas ATTORNEY UNITED STA'ILES PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR PENHOLDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3t 1920.

Application filed August 21, 1919. Serial No. 318,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l'lnNnr WiLLIAM EARL Thomas, a subject of the lilting of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at New York, county of New York, and titate of New York, have invented certain now and useful Improvements in Attachments for Penholders, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a device for the service of personswriting or making drawings, the device preferably including a pen as one of the elements lhei f although certain parts thereof may be constructed and used entirely independently of pen.

The invention has for a general object to provide a novel combination implen'ient capable of a variety of uses, a further object relating to the provision of a. novel pen extractor and a novel blotter holder.

l or further COHKPI'LlIBHSTOIl of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof. reference will be had to the fol lowing description and accon'ipai'iying drawings, and to the appended. claim in which line various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

figure 1 of the drawings is a loi'igitudinal elevation of a device embodying the inven tion.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged. view of one end thereof, arranged for use of one of the elements or devices.

Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing a dif ferent element arranged for use.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the reversible combination member.

Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the ferrule which supports the member shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a fragmental view partly in section illustrating the position of the parts when removing the nib of a pen.

In the drawings 1 indicates a pen handle of ordinary type and provided at one end with the usual pen socket 2 and adjacent flexible grip 3.

Upon the opposite end of this handle is lined a sleeve 4 forming a socket for the combination member shown in Fig. 5, the end of the handle being preferably slightly reduced in diameter to receive the end of the sleeve which projects a distance beyond the handle.

A groove 5 extends around inside the sleeve a short distance from the outer end thereof, the sleeve being formed on opposite s1des with slots 6 which extend loo itudinally from this groove to the end iereof. The combination member which is car ried by the sleeve here comprises a plu like body 7 of a diameter to fit snu ly within the sleeve and having segmental ribs 8 extending partially therearound, at a point between the ends thereof, these ribs being adapted to engage in the groove 5 and retain the plug in proper position.

One end of the plug 7 is recessed to receive a rubber eraser 9 which may be held in position by frictional cont ct with the walls of the recess or otherwise. The opposite end of the plug is tapered at 7, this taper commencing at a point spaced from the ribs 8 a distance corresponding to the spacing of the groove 5 from the end of the sleeve so that when in position as shown'in Figs. 3 and 4 the plug tapers from the end of the sleeve 4.

This tapered end is transversely slotted and a knife-blade 10 and a spring clip 11 are inserted in said slot, being held in place by solder or otherwise. The knife-blade formed with parallel sides throughout its length, one of the sides being sharpened as at 12 to present a knife-edge which may be used to sharpen pencils or for other pur poses.

At its end the knife-blade presents a cutting face 13 extending in a straight line between the sides of the knife and at an obtuse angle to the sharpened side. This face has a small rectangular notch 14 cut therein.

The sides of the blade 10 may be given a roughened or file like surface as indicated at 20, while the rear edge may be formed with teeth or serrations 20 to produce a saw edge.

The spring clip 11 is disposed midway between the sides of the knifeblade and is comparatively short and is bent at its root outwardly from the knife-blade and then inwardly at its tip into close relation with the latter, the extreme end of the clip being bent out slightly again.

In use the plug 7 may be reversed in the sleeve 4 to cause the eraser 8 or knife-blade 10 to project from the sleeve. The sharpened side 12 of the knife-blade serves as an ordinary knife, while the end face 13 is intended more particularly as an ink eraser. By inserting the end of the blade in the as at 7" usual perforation 21 formed in all steel pens, as shown in Fig. 7, one of which is shown at 21 in position in the socket 2, and engaging the wall of the perforation in the notch i l the pen may be removed from its socket.

The clip 11 may be used to hold blotter or the like to render its use more convenient. Also in the event of the pen being so firmly held in the socket as to render the use of considerable force for its removal necessary it may be inserted between the clip 11 and file-like surface 20 and tightly gripped by pressing the clip and blade between the thumb and fingers. In addition to the uses already set forth the device also forms a handy letter opener.

While I have shown, and prefer to construct, my device with the complete com bination of parts herein set forth the pen might be eliminated and the other parts mounted in a simple handle or lmlder, or other changes or modifications made, as will be apparent from the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the class described, a tool comprising a handle a knife blade fixed 'i n said handle, said knife blade having one face thereof presenting a file-like surface, and a spring clip fixed in said handle and projecting along and adjacentthe add file like surface, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature.

HENRY WILLIAM HARP-THOMAS. 

